Wenger content to wait on Cole

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ONLY qualification for the Champions League is acceptable for Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, who said yesterday that he will not begin contract talks with Ashley Cole until the autumn. By then, there is a chance that the defender, who will have two years left on his deal, may have departed Highbury for a club in Spain.

Although Thierry Henry has expressed his desire to stay with the club, nothing is yet in writing and after last summer’s saga over the departure of Patrick Vieira, Wenger faces another uncertain pre-season.